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PINNED Add measuring/pick distance tool in parametric solid and variables tools
As a MicroStation modelling user, I would like the capability of filling the Distance field by picking two points (or distance between other elements) from within the tool, so that I can be much quicker in creating solids and other elements where ...
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Import Custom Coordinate systems using the .prj standard file format

Any chance we could get an import .prj file option in the coordinate system manager?
about 18 hours ago in General 0 Needs review

DISABLE the... - Add constraints between elements and the ACS geometry

Regarding the new MicroStation 2026 feature of the new ACS Triad used for geometry aligning. Can we please have a way of disabling this at a config variable level? In our workflows we create many ACS' often, and turning this visually annoying cube...
about 18 hours ago in General 0 Needs review

Configuration Parser to examine final value of a variable

It would be very helpful if we had a tool that would allow us to see the final, parsed values from the configuration code. Not the final variable definition, but the actual values MicroStation is using. For example, if I want to explore the MS_DGN...
2 days ago in General 0 Needs review

Provide user‑accessible capabilities to identify and manage orphan (unnamed) cells

We had an issue with a cell lib file (maybe it affects more files, but we researched it for 1 file at this point). This in relation to the Replace Cells option from MicroStation. So, if checkbox active with option Use Active Cell, and an active ce...
about 7 hours ago in General 0 Needs review

compress option - variable

Bentley Can you add a variable to allow admins to assign the compress options on exit. at the moment it is only via a user preference, which can or not be set. I want it to be forced Ian
about 9 hours ago in General 0 Needs review

2026 Tech Preview - Fill

Hi Bentley Can we add additional functionality to the VS to allow a user to assign a fill or not and other view attributes This will allow a user to assign fills, hatches etc to a VS, thus making less edits in the drawing production Ian
about 9 hours ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

2026 Tech Preview - Visibility State - cells

Hi Bentley Can you increase VS to allow a cell that has a VS assigned to keep the VS when the cell is placed. We can then use a VS such as Low, Medium and High and change the cell appearance when it is placed Ian
about 9 hours ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

2026 Tech Preview - Visibility State with Level overrides

Hi Bentley With the new Visibility Stares (VS) can we add override options (colour, weight, style etc) to each state, we can then use VS to change the graphical outputs based on a scale ie a block at 1:200 could be line weight 2, whereas the same ...
about 9 hours ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Custom Dictionaries Broken

Custom Dictionaries feature is broken. filename.dic -> simple text files. Configuration variables for Custom Dictionaries don't work at runtime MS 23/25 locally from Start Menu but do load the paths when I double-click a CAD file in PW. Both va...
about 20 hours ago in  0 Needs review

Re-add the “Explode Multi Lines” option to pen tables for correct printing

Up until V8i I, it was possible to select the “Explode multi-lines” option in the pentabel settings. This ensured a correct conversion to PDF. In the Connect edition, this option is no longer available, which means that creating PDF files based on...
1 day ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review